Jal satyagraha: Police reach Harda, forcibly pull protesters out of water

Jal satyagraha: Police reach Harda, forcibly pull protesters out of water
Modi kicks off state battle with eye on national stage
SC refuses to frame norms for media, says reporting of trial can be postponed
Morphine rules may be eased for terminally ill
‘1 in 4 ICU patients gets sepsis, 1 in 2 dies’
IAF pilot refuses to ferry Rahul
Decision on 29 blocks unlikely at today’s meet
Goa scam ran through PM's stint at environment ministry
Goa scam ran through PM's stint at environment minister
Goa’s ban on mining is in reality a sham
NIA gets more teeth to fight terror
40 ‘missing’ youth in IM’s ‘jihad factory’?
40 ‘missing’ youth in IM’s ‘jihad factory’?
Jeet Thayil’s ‘Narcopolis’ makes Booker shortlist
I have become an antique piece: President
'70% of killer spots in 13 states on NHs’
Quotas fail to break caste ceiling in IITs
Fresh PIL against TN N-plant in SC
Cartoonist gets bail, sedition rap may be dropped
Anti-graft protests at Scindia presser
Man’s hand cut off for asking for wages
Man’s hand cut off for asking for wages
Jaiswal rubbishes BJP's tirade on coal blocks
'Set own house in order before attacking others'
Congress in NCP line of fire for going 'soft' on Raj's antics

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:56 PM PDT

Madhya Pradesh police reached the site of the protest in Harda early morning on Tuesday and started evicting the villagers from water.

Modi kicks off state battle with eye on national stage

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:26 PM PDT

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday kicked off the campaign for assembly polls by focusing on development and attacking the Centre in what appeared to be a carefully chosen track to sidestep his own incumbency and soften his image with an eye on the national stage. Interestingly, his address was in Hindi.

SC refuses to frame norms for media, says reporting of trial can be postponed

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:10 PM PDT

The SC appeared to have leaned towards the right to free speech, entering several caveats to the doctrine which would make seeking a deferment a difficult task.

Morphine rules may be eased for terminally ill

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:03 PM PDT

The availability of morphine — the cheapest and most effective painkiller — may soon be relaxed for medical use, helping reduce acute and chronic pain suffered by terminally ill cancer and HIV patients.

‘1 in 4 ICU patients gets sepsis, 1 in 2 dies’

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:31 PM PDT

A nationwide study found a prevalence of sepsis within intensive care units of hospitals: one out of four patients admitted in ICUs contracted the ailment in hospitals' emergency departments. Almost one out of two patients with sepsis died.

IAF pilot refuses to ferry Rahul

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:18 PM PDT

An IAF chopper pilot who took AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi to riot-hit areas of lower Assam from Guwahati airport on Tuesday refused to ferry him back citing bad weather. The pilot stood his ground despite defence minister A K Antony intervening.

Decision on 29 blocks unlikely at today’s meet

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT

The inter-ministerial group mandated to review coal allocations in the wake of coalgate may not be able to take a final decision on 29 coal blocks given to private firms when it meets on Wednesday.

Goa scam ran through PM's stint at environment ministry

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT

The period during which these clearances were given and the mines operated freely includes the time that Prime Minister held the environment & forests portfolio.

Goa scam ran through PM's stint at environment minister

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT

The Shah Commission's indictment of the environment ministry for disregarding norms and SC orders to give nod that facilitated rampant iron ore mining in Goa covers the period when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held charge of the environment and forests portfolio.

Goa’s ban on mining is in reality a sham

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:02 PM PDT

The Shah Commission report may give the people of Goa only a temporary reprieve from the impacts of mining with the state government permitting trade of already extracted ore that has been termed illegal by the panel.

NIA gets more teeth to fight terror

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT

The home ministry has asked the country's premier terror agency to lodge a fresh FIR against the outfit naming all the absconding members as accused.

40 ‘missing’ youth in IM’s ‘jihad factory’?

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:49 PM PDT

Calling IM a "start-to-finish jihad factory", security agencies have asked the country's police brass to watch out for the banned terror outfit, which continues to be on a "talent scouting" spree, emboldened by the tacit support of Pakistan's ISI and its labyrinthine networks in various cities of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi.

40 ‘missing’ youth in IM’s ‘jihad factory’?

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:49 PM PDT

Jeet Thayil’s ‘Narcopolis’ makes Booker shortlist

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:39 PM PDT

Jeet Thayil's 'Narcopolis' was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday. Thayil, 52, is primarily known as a poet and 'Narcopolis', set in the opium-hazed Mumbai of the 1970s, is his debut novel.

I have become an antique piece: President

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:26 PM PDT

"I have become an antique piece," President Pranab Mukherjee joked on Tuesday about his transition from an active political life to Rashtrapati Bhavan.

'70% of killer spots in 13 states on NHs’

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:19 PM PDT

At least 70% of the most accident-prone spots in 13 states fall on National Highways (NHs), according to the highways ministry. The most accident-prone or black spots were recently identified by the ministry in association with state police departments.

Quotas fail to break caste ceiling in IITs

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:13 PM PDT

If SCs/STs are abysmally under-represented as faculty members in central universities despite the stated policy of reservation in promotion, their presence in premier IITs is equally marginal. That there is no quota in promotion in IITs makes it even worse, leaving little room for them to occupy senior positions.

Fresh PIL against TN N-plant in SC

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:04 PM PDT

An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging a Madras high court order dismissing a writ petition seeking implementation of critical safety measures before commissioning the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).

Cartoonist gets bail, sedition rap may be dropped

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT

In the eye of a nationwide storm, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was released by the Bombay high court on Tuesday on a personal bond of Rs 5,000. However, the Kanpur-based artist and Anna Hazare supporter forewent his freedom, demanding that the sedition charge against him be dropped first.

Anti-graft protests at Scindia presser

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Congress workers and supporters of India Against Corruption clashed at Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's press conference in Patna on Tuesday after a member of the anti-graft group was thrown out for asking "uncomfortable" questions.